Train-order holder.



V O. J. QUAY. TRAIN ORDER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1913.

1,087,828. Patented Feb. 1?, 1914.

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CARPENTER J. QUAY, OF IVIEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRAIN-ORDER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 11, 1913.

Patented Feb. 1'7, 1914. Serial No. 784,219.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARPENTER J. Quay, acitizen of the United States, residing at Meadville, in the county ofCrawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Train-Order Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention pertains to what have come to be commonly known astrainorder holders.

Train-order holders have heretofore been made of wood because of thecheapness and lightness of such material, and it has been founddesirable to utilize a single piece of wood in the formation of the hoopand the shank comprised in the holders. It has been found difficult,however, because of the scarceness of suitable wood,to procure pieceslong enough to form both the hoop and shank or handle.

One of the objects of my present invention is to provide a train-orderholder the shank or handle of which is formed of pieces of wood rigidlyand strongly joined together.

The invention also contemplates the provision of improved means forstrongly con necting the end of the hoop to the major portion of thepiece of wood, and to clasp messages or the like against the holder, andthis without materially increasing the cost of production of the holder.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved train-order holder. Fig. 2is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, taken in the planeindicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sideele vation showing the combined tie and message-clamp. Fig. 4 is anenlarged longitudinal section illustrative of the simple and cilicientmanner in which I rigidly join the sections of the shank or handle ofthe hoop.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

The hoop 1 of the holder and a portion or section 2 of the holder shankor handle are formed of a single piece of wood, which may be of circularor any other suitable form in I cross-section Without involvingdeparture from my claimed invention. In the formation of the hoop it isbent, and its end p0rtion is arranged transversely across the straightmajor portion, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the said end portion of thehoop is preferably, though not necessarily, connected in fixed manner tothe straight major POlblOll through the medium of a brad or had 3, thesaid connect1on being reinforced and strengthened by the combined tieand clamp hereinafter definitely described.

'6 is connected to the other by one or more brads or nails 8, and thatthe said brads or nails serve the additional function of secur- 111g 1nposition a metallic sleeve or ferrule 9, which has for its function tosurround and hold together the lapped portions 5 and 6, so as to renderthe shank or handle as a whole quite as stilt and strong as a one-pieceshank or handle. It will further be observed in this connection that themanner of joining the sections 2 and 4. is extremely simple andinexpensive, notwithstanding its manifest efiiciency and durability.

The combined device hereinbefore referred to, comprises a spring clamp10, and a tie 11. In forming the said device, a piece of wire, possessedof suflicient resiliency, is bent into loop-form, and the bight of theloop is flared, as indicated by 12. The inner end portions of the loopare made to straddle the end portion of the hoop, at a point within thestraight major portion, and said end portions are then coiled about thestraight major portion, as indicated by 13, after which they are coiledabout the end portion of the hoop, at a point outside the straight majorportion, as indicated by 14, and at 15 their ends are bent intointerlocked or other suitable connection. At the base of the loop-shapedclamp 10, the sides of the same are preferably connected by a cross wire16, which bears normally against the end portion of the hoop, asillustrated. I would also have it understood here that in making theconnection between the end port-ion of the WVhen it is desired to clampamessage or the like against the hoop, the said message is folded and isinterposed between the clamp 10 and the opposed portion of the hoop, inwhich position it will be securely held against casual displacement.

The manner of using my novel train-order holder is the ordinary one,well known in the art, and need not therefore be described.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. A train-order holder comprising a hoop and a shank or handle sectionformed of a single piece of wood; the end portion of the hoop beingjoined to the shank or handle section, and the end of tliesl ank orhandle section being beveled, a second handle section arranged in alinedrelation to the firstnamed handle section and having a beveled endopposed to and lapped with the beveled end of the firstnamed handlesection, a metallic sleeve surrounding the beveled and lapped portionsof the wooden handle sections, and brads extending through said sleeveand into said lapped portions of the wooden sections, substantially asspecified.

2. A train-order holder comprising ahoop and a shank or handle sectionformed of a single piece of wood; the end portion of the hoop beingjoined to the shank or handle section, and the end of the shank orhandle section being beveled, a second handle section, of wood, arrangedin alined relation to the first-named handle section and having abeveled end opposed to and lapped with v the beveled end of thefirst-named handle section, and a smooth bore metallic sleeve.surrounding and fixedly connected with the beveled and lapped portionsof the wooden :handle sections. i 3. A train-order holder comprising ahoop and a shank or handle portion formed of a single piece of wood; theend portion of the hoop extending transversely across the shank orhandle portion, and a combined clamp and tie, formed of wire and havinga loop-shaped portion to form a clamp that normally bears in yieldingmanner against the hoop, and further having coils that embrace the.shank or handle portion and the end portion of the hoop.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- ,nesses.

CARPENTER J. QUAY.

Witnesses Gno. KUHN, ERIC G. ERICKSON.

Copies of this pa tent may be obtained flattens each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

